SRV Records

An SRV record is a DNS record, that is used to point a domain name to a third-party server and employ it for some service different from a website. This could be a Voice-Over-IP server, a video streaming service, an instant messaging system, etc. When an SRV record is created, you can specify an Internet Protocol which the domain name will use and the port, which is to be employed to connect to the remote server. Furthermore, provided that you have many SRV records for the very same service, you can set different priorities and weights for every single one of them, so you're able to spread the load between many machines. Such a record will allow you to use the same domain or subdomains under it with different companies, so you can employ it for many purposes even if you can't get all services from a single provider.

You are going to be able to create a completely new SRV record for any of the domain addresses that you host in a shared web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform. Assuming that the DNS records for the domain name are handled on our end, you will be able to manage them without difficulty in the respective section of your Hepsia Control Panel and only minutes later any new record that you set up will be active. Hepsia includes a rather intuitive interface and all it takes to create an SRV record is to fill in a couple of text boxes - the service the record will be used for, the Internet protocol and the port number. The priority (1-100), weight (1-100) and TTL boxes have default values, which you can leave except if the other company needs different ones. TTL is short for Time To Live and this number shows the time in seconds for the record to remain active when you modify it or delete it at some point, the default one being 3600.

Since we acknowledge how aggravating it can be to handle DNS records, we're going to give you an easy-to-use DNS administration instrument as an element of our custom Hepsia Control Panel, so when you host your domains in a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to set up an SRV record with no problems. We also have a step-by-step guide, that will make things so much easier. Using an intuitive interface, you'll have to input the info that the other company has provided you with - protocol, port number and service. Unless they have given you specific recommendations to change the priority and the weight values, you could leave these two options as they are and your brand new record will go live in a matter of minutes. The Time To Live option (TTL) could also be set to a custom value, but typically the standard value of 3600 seconds is used for the majority of records. This value reveals the time the record will keep existing after it is changed or deleted.